12:42PM EDT - New Google Play category - textbooks, access through the web or Android and iOS devices

12:41PM EDT - Asphalt 8 available on Google Play August 8

12:40PM EDT - Asphalt 8 uses OpenGL ES 3.0 features

12:40PM EDT - Prince of Persia the shadow and the flame available tomorrow

12:39PM EDT - Prince of Persia 2.0 next, good visuals and detail

12:39PM EDT - Riptide GP2 being shown off on the Nexus 7, looks smooth, but I've never been convinced this is a super demanding title to begin with. Available today on Google Play.

12:38PM EDT - You can browse through friends profiles and see what games they're playing, leaderboards, and so on through the Google Play games app

12:37PM EDT - New app, Google Play Games

12:36PM EDT - "100s of games have added Google Play game services support"

12:36PM EDT - 19 out of the 20 top Android game devs are making games for Google Play

12:35PM EDT - Showing off lots of apps which look great on the Nexus 7, interestingly enough all of these are portrait view. Talking about collections that show off tablet apps in Google Play.

12:35PM EDT - Ellie Powers is up to talk about Google Play and the Android tablet ecosystem

12:34PM EDT - Google hangouts looks pretty cool on the Nexus 7

12:33PM EDT - Google Maps on Nexus 7 and all the other apps are being shown off in landscape, no doubt because the 1080p displays are landscape, but I feel like Google really wants to emphasize how landscape is now not a marginalized view

12:17PM EDT - There we go, from 1280x800 to 1920x1200 in the new Nexus 7 with the same size, highest resolution 7-inch tablet

12:16PM EDT - Better in-hand feel than the original Nexus 7, with pure black on black design and soft touch

12:16PM EDT - Thinner and narrower and lighter than the old Nexus 7

12:15PM EDT - New Nexus 7, looks just like leaks showed it would

12:15PM EDT - Nexus 7 has been a success for three reasons - it's portable and fits in your hand, it's a powerful device for a great price, third all your information is synced and available everywhere

12:14PM EDT - Hugo is on stage to talk about the new Nexus 7 now

12:14PM EDT - Jonney Shih is here, I expect we'll hear from him later talking about the new Nexus 7 shortly

12:07PM EDT - Obviously lots of Googlers, I see many from ASUS as well

12:05PM EDT - I'd love to see a glimpse of the next version of Android beyond this management release, there's still a lot about the Android roadmap and new update cadence that hasn't been articulated yet, hopefully we'll get some color on that

12:02PM EDT - Things should be getting underway very shortly here, but we can still make some guesses about what's coming - obviously Android 4.3, a management release for Jelly Bean, and Nexus 7 are coming